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[[Image:Boergermoor KZ-Gedenkstein 01.jpg|thumb|Memorial at the place of the entry to the former concentration camp "Börgermoor", where the song originated. The stone shows the first verse in German.]]
"'''Peat Bog Soldiers'''" ({{Lang-de|Die Moorsoldaten}}) is one of Europe's best-known [[protest song]]s. It exists in countless European languages and became a [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican]] anthem during the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Die Moorsoldaten (The Peat-Bog Soldiers) |url=https://folkways.si.edu/ernst-busch-and-chorus/die-moorsoldaten-the-peat-bog-soldiers/music/track/smithsonian |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |language=en-US}}</ref> It was a symbol of resistance during [[World War II]] and is popular with the [[Peace movement]] today. It was written, composed and first performed in 1933 in a [[Nazi concentration camp]] by prisoners.
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